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What can President Trump do for seniors? A lot.

Morningstar

Older Americans need help with savings, Social Security, Medicare and more



Seniors are more than a quarter of the electorate - 27% - and a slim majority of them - 51% - voted for Donald Trump in November.


With Trump moving back into his old digs at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., what can - and will - our new president and new Republican-dominated Congress do for them?


I surveyed a few advocacy groups, and the answer is: A lot.


But will they?


At the top of Teresa Ghilarducci's list is the Retirement Savings for Americans Act (RSAA), a bipartisan bill that would help tens of millions of Americans gain access to retirement plans like 401(k) and individual retirement account (IRA) plans. Ghilarducci - an economics professor and director of the New School's Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis and its Retirement Equity Lab - says this lack of access is glaring.


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